“The mysterious dark matter that fills the universe could be made of the same particles that put the ‘big’ in the big bang, explaining both inflation and dark matter in a single stroke.”
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Archive for September, 2007
Dark matter and inflation – one and the same?
Posted in Science on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some things never change
Posted in Internet, QOTD on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s QOTD:
The revolution will not be Facebooked.
This was graffiti I saw on the side of a Queen’s building as I was walking home today. Figuring out what it means is left as an exercise for the reader.
More nonsense
Posted in Bad Science, Education, Politics, Religion on September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a provincial election in the air here in Ontario, and the stink of religious politics is permeating it. According to ctv.ca, Conservative leader John Tory has suggested that creationism could be taught alongside evolution should private schools be brought into the public system. He then suggested that they might not be treated equally in [...]